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Daggerheart builds in a degree of player-contribution as a core expectation. It's in the Player's Agenda/Principles, and the GM stuff as well. As @nyvinter said, the most "immersion" promoting way to do this is to ask the character how something relates to their background or knowledge. As an...

I’m looking forward to seeing the Vault / recall stuff in play. Looks like there’s some interesting build potential there with 0 / 1 recall cards sitting in your vault & Per Rest abilities in your hand to swap around.

Honestly this is where GM as facilitator comes in. I’m constantly managing the conversation in online and in person play, calling out interruptions (although most of my players wind up caught in a “no you go” loop instead of talking over each other), and doing the “hey player 2, you were trying...

A game culture/system which emphasizes player skill at the game does so over any concerns of metagaming that aren't straight up cheating (eg: grabbing the dungeon and reading through it). At teh most extreme end, characters are shallow disposable pawns to beat a challenge; either way the idea...

haha what? Scalpers gonna scalp I guess.

Ok but a lot of the context I see it discussed in is absolutely looking at 3e+ D&D play in a very pejorative sense. "Oh you just look at stuff on your character sheet and click it, haha very skilled." Is all of it meant in an uncharitable way? No, but like the emphasis on "orthogonal thinking"...

Maybe a little bit, but honestly isn't the sheer statement of "skilled play" and all the context around it pretty uncharitable as well? The implication (and straight up statements) is that play outside of the OSR is unskilled. Which I think we all know quite well is a load of horse crap. What...

My take, having read a bunch of stuff around OSR ethos + participated in a fair bit of discussions on the side of some NSR games + run a couple myself: "Skilled play" within this context is a combination of a) knowing the tropes and concepts that surround classic dungeoneering to avoid chancy...

It's called Freebooters on the Frontier, and 2e is in play testing. Really clever take on fusing Dungeon world with higher GM authority through excellent move design and stats. Comes with a DCC inspired funnel even.

Not to spam the thread a bit, but we just got done with session 0 of my "Keepers of the Emerald City" modern urban fantasy setup and I'm so stoked. We have: The Rogue Calanthe "Callie" Sullivan (Highborne Cait-Sidhe/Katari, 20), scion of new money fae. Experiences "Oops, I did it again! :'("...

Im terrible about using clocks etc in most games that offer them, but I'm setting up a set of countdowns to move when the party does Long Rests with all the narrative threads they've uncovered. Trying to avoid the Skyrim etc problem and show that if they pick one thing to tackle the other...

A note after running some sessions, a lot of your T1 adversaries have way more stuff going on then I think the game intends for that tier (apart from solos) - 2-3 features seems the expected set at T1. Similarly, difficulties for T1 should generally be 14 at the high end for Reactions, more...

Sure, but I generally don't really care nearly as much about the mechanical bit (within bounds of not breaking things) as the effect of signaling something narrative via mechanical effect. Saying "your hope die is smaller" just feels totally different then "roll with disadvantage" or "take -2"...

As I’m throwing together stuff for my games, I’m having a lot of fun messing with the dice. Splitting the roll and giving each a context makes for interesting vibes: roll your hope dice twice and take the higher has a fun ring; or roll the fear dice twice and take the lower. I know there’s some...

The DS Delian Tomb is more of a Lost Mines level of "entire low level adventure." I was pretty impressed with what it gives you after reading through it, but it's not a quick thing (and boy does it reinforce that this is "and then you have a combat....and then you have a combat...and..").

As noted by @Old Fezziwig two pages ago, Ron Edwards for Sorcerer.

Ok sure just show up and succinctly make my point why don’t you :P

Here’s what I’d toss out there: in a high-turnover, public setting with a good likelihood of strangers, being open with tables and creating an atmosphere/expectation up front that people are encouraged to communicate when something unexpected is making them feel uncomfortable probably shapes the...

Roleplaying games ask you to reach into your imagination, grab something you hope is interesting, and pitch it forth in front of other people who may or may not be strangers in pursuit of an enjoyable shared hallucination. That's pretty freaking intimate in terms compared to a lot of other...

I’ll absolutely concur that if you run into people who object to their concept or usage you’re probably safer not playing with them ;).